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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Full Body Scan
A hi-tech scanner has been developed which takes images in less time than it takes the human heart to beat.
The Somatom Definition machine contains two X-ray scanners so full body images can be taken twice as fast.
Manufacturer Siemens said the scanner, which will be available in the UK next autumn, is ideal for diagnosing heart problems because of its speed.
Scanning experts said such technology might reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic techniques.
CT (computed tomography) scans use special x-ray equipment to obtain image data from different angles around the body.
More at BBC News
The Somatom Definition machine contains two X-ray scanners so full body images can be taken twice as fast.
Manufacturer Siemens said the scanner, which will be available in the UK next autumn, is ideal for diagnosing heart problems because of its speed.
Scanning experts said such technology might reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic techniques.
CT (computed tomography) scans use special x-ray equipment to obtain image data from different angles around the body.
More at BBC News
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Storage on your Camcorder
Now this is something I have been wondering about, ever since I saw an article about software that would enable you to store 200MB of data on a VHS tape, using only audio output.
This is WAAAAAYYY cooler...
Check it out
Muppet Trivia
Was Mona Lisa really happy?
According to the University of Amsterdam:
"We now know: Mona Lisa was 83 per cent happy, nine per cent disgusted, six per cent fearful and two per cent angry.
That's the conclusion of a University of Amsterdam computer that applied "emotion-recognition software" to Leonardo da Vinci's work, Britain's New Scientist reports in Saturday's issue.
The algorithm, developed in conjunction with the University of Illinois, tries to assess the human mood by examining key features such as the curvature of the lips and crinkles around the eyes, then makes a score with respect to six basic emotions."
Jeez... now we know...
This is just.... too much....
Hmmm...
Some day, I hope to have a fairly decent T.V.
That's my home entertainment System. A T.V.
Steve Jenkins went the whole shebang....
More here...
Some day, I hope to have a fairly decent T.V.
That's my home entertainment System. A T.V.
Steve Jenkins went the whole shebang....
More here...
Silent Night...
Update on the TFT Stuck pixel fixer
Thanks to Anon., theres a similar project going on in sourceforge.com, that also seem interesting...
Check them Out
Check them Out
Do you search for the Answer?
The power of the mind... helped by placebos...
This is an interesting read into a study reported on by the L.A. Times, about the use, and effects of placebos.
Seriously.... I think that 85% of minor to medium complaints of "patients" in first world countries could be treated by placebos....
But that's just me.
Here ya GO!
Seriously.... I think that 85% of minor to medium complaints of "patients" in first world countries could be treated by placebos....
But that's just me.
Here ya GO!
Return of the X-Men?
I dont like posting about violence, but the pic on this story is just too kool...
Anyway... Some Gang members were arrested at a Park in Orlando, Florida, and they were weilding some weird n wonderfull weaponry.... some of which looks like it's straight out of an X-Men movie...
http://www.local6.com/news/5548372/detail.html
Anyway... Some Gang members were arrested at a Park in Orlando, Florida, and they were weilding some weird n wonderfull weaponry.... some of which looks like it's straight out of an X-Men movie...
http://www.local6.com/news/5548372/detail.html
Weirdness from the past...
These are the 10 most puzzling Ancient artifacts known to man... (According to About.com's "Paranormal" section):
-The Grooved Spheres
-The Dropa Stones
-The Ica Stones
- The Antikythera Mechanism
- The Baghdad Battery
- The Coso Artifact
- Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica
- Impossible Fossils
- Out-of-Place Metal Objects
- Ancient Model Aircraft
Dunno.... you decide:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa011402a.htm
-The Grooved Spheres
-The Dropa Stones
-The Ica Stones
- The Antikythera Mechanism
- The Baghdad Battery
- The Coso Artifact
- Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica
- Impossible Fossils
- Out-of-Place Metal Objects
- Ancient Model Aircraft
Dunno.... you decide:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa011402a.htm
Latest DVD Writer...
From the archives of Worth1000.com,:
I know... It's been a while since I've been here.... I've lost the knack...
Here comes the bride.....ppprrttt....
Thanks to Tokyo Times, we can all be aware about the fact that 43% of Japanese husbands have to go through the discomfort of hearing their wives fart within one year...
These Japs get weirder and weirder...
http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/?p=725
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